Department of Veterans Affairs, James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, AMMS (90C), 13000 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., Tampa, FL 33612

R -- MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE SOL 673-12-99 DUE 090298 POC Charlene K. Stiens, 813-972-7655 This is a solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the subparts in Federal Acquisition Regulation 12. A written solicitation will be issued. Solicitation number 673-12-99 applies and is issued as a request for proposals. The Standard Industrial Classification Code is 7389 and the business size standard is $5 million. Provide medical transcription service for the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, 13000 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., Tampa, FL 33612, and VA Outpatient Clinic, 5201 Raymond Street, Orlando, FL, in accordance with terms and provisions of solicitation for the period October 1, 1998 through September 30, 1999, with option to extend four additional years. This solicitation is limited to firms in the medical transcription service and the physical location housing the majority of operational process for at least one year will be within a 100-mile radius of James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, FL. Pre-bid conference, August 18, 1998, 1:00 p.m. EDT, James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, Building 42, Room 201, 2702 131st Avenue, Tampa, FL. Subject to availability of funds. The above bid open date should be considered "on or about". Only written of faxed requests received directly from the requestor no later than August 19, 1998, are acceptable. FAX 813-903-4838. See Note 1. Posted 07/20/98 (W-SN225459). (0201)

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